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Mister Fox

Comus [R. M. Ballantyne] · 1857 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1857 . First edition. Cloth. The first editition of R. M. Ballantyne's charming children's tale about an anthropomorphic fox, illustrated with colour plates. The first edition of this charming children's tale from R. M. Ballantyne...

Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance

Thomas Moore · 0 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Griffith, Farran and Co, c1817. Leather. An uncommon vignette edition of Thomas Moore's romantic poem, smartly bound in half calf by Palmer Howe. The vignette edition of this work.Bound in signed half calf by Palmer Howe and Co, with marbled boards and decorative ...

The Poetical Works of William Cowper (Lansdowne Poets)

William Cowper · 1872 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1872. Leather. An attractively bound anthology of William Cowper's poetry, with a memoir and illustrations throughout. Complete edition from the publisher's 'Lansdowne Poets' series. Bound in full gilt-decorated crushed moro...

The Century Reciter: Humorous, Serious, and Dramatic Selections

H. Savile Clarke; Leopold Wagner [ed.] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A superior copy of this uncommon compilation of poetry and prose encouraged for reciting. The presumed first edition of this uncommon work. Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library. In the publisher&ap...

Lord Macaulay&Apos;S Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome (Popular Edition)

Lord Macaulay [Thomas Babington Macaulay] · 1905 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1905. Leather. A handsome popular edition of Lord Macaulay's essays and historical poems, in full calf prize binding by Riviere and Son. The popular edition of this work. In full calf prize binding by Riviere and Son. With the contemporar...

Little Infamies

Panos Karnezis · 2002 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Jonathan Cape , 2002. First edition. Paperback. An excellent signed first edition of this short-story collection by Greek writer Panos Karnezis. Signed by the author to the title page. First edition, first impression. In the publisher's original pictorial wraps....

L&Apos;Ordination

Julien Benda · 1926 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)

Paris, Editions Emile-Paul , 1926. Leather. A sound copy of this philosophical novel from French author Julien Benda, in the original French. French. A novel composed of two parts. In the first, we meet Felix, a cultured young man in love with Madeleine, a lower-class woman al...

The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton; Sir Egerton Brydges [editor] · 1848 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, William Tegg and Co. 1848. Leather. A smart new edition of this illustrated collection of the poetical works of John Milton. New edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. The poetical works of John Milton, an English poet, polemicist...

The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1873 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1873-1874. Leather. A smart complete set of twelve volumes of the works of English novelist William Makepeace Thackeray. Complete in twelve volumes. With a frontispiece to each volume. The works of William Makepeace Thackeray, an English novelist an...

Cider with Rosie

Laurie Lee · 1959 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1959. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this delightful and popular autobiographical novel by Laurie Lee, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. With the issue point of 'a fire at ...

Only Killers and Thieves

Paul Howarth · 2018 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, One (Pushkin Press), 2018. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression of the author's debut novel. Signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The author's debut novel. In 1895, on a scorch...

The Gorilla Hunters & the Young Fur Traders

R. M. Ballantyne · 1901 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London, T. Nelson & Sons, 1901. Cloth. Two smart copies of these exciting adventure stories from Scottish author R. M. Ballantyne, with illustrations. Two volumes. Written by Robert Michael Ballantyne, a Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote over one hundred books. Thi...

Lonleyheart 4122

Colin Watson · 1967 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detective novel from British writer John Colin Watson. First edition. Uncommon work. The fourth of the Flaxborough novels. When two women with little in common - apart from some ready money ...

Pollen: A Novel in Black and White

Beresford Egan · 1933 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

London, Denis Archer, 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first issue of the first edition of this novel, beautifully illustrated by the author Beresford Egan. The first edition, first issue of this work in the publisher's original binding, consisting of green cloth to the sp...

Recits de la Vieille France: Francois Buchamor

Alfred Assollant · 1919 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Paris, Ch. Delagrave, 1919 . Leather. A smart twentieth century edition of Alfred Assollant's collection of tales about titular character François Buchamor's adventures during the events of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. In the original French.With vi...

The Poems of Robert Henryson

Robert Henryson · 1906 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥115,997)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood, 1906-14. Leather. A complete three volume set featuring the collected poetry of the medieval Scottish poet Robert Henryson, bound in crushed quarter morocco. The 'Scottish Text Society' edition. Specially printed for the society by Willi...

Les Mille Et Un Jours Contes Persans, Traduits En Francais Par Petis de Lacroix

Francois Petis de la Croix · 1840 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

Paris , Auguste Desrez, 1840. Leather. A scarce edition of this influential French short-story collection by Francois Petis de la Croix. A new edition. In the original French. Bound in a half crushed morocco, with marbled endpapers. 'Les Mille et un Jours, Contes Persan...

I Was a Rat! or the Scarlet Slippers

Philip Pullman · 1999 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Doubleday, 1999. First edition. Hardback. A terrific first edition of Philip Pullman's children's novel loosely based on the popular folktale 'Cinderella&apos. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition of this work. No dust wrapper as is...

Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth Supplements to a Manual of the Writings in Middle English 1050-1400

John Edwin Wells · 1923 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1923-1951. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of five supplements from Wells' detailed Manual of the Writings in Middle English 1050-1400. Five volumes. First editions. Containing the second, third, fourth, fifth, and ninth suppleme...

The Infinite Cage

Keith Laumer · 1976 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London, Dennis Dobson Ltd. 1976. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this strangely fascinating novel from American science fiction author Keith Laumer. First UK edition. Uncommon edition. Adam is apparently suffering from delusions, schizophrenia, paranoia, and ...